The Ford Barn

51504bat · 03-02-2022, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by trulyvintage

Sounds like you are being realistic.
Most vehicles are not worth transporting
3000 miles across the country.

I am traveling across Texas on Interstate 10.
I carry 130 gallons of #2 diesel.

The average price is $3.79 a gallon.

Jim

Don't Evan think about diesel in California. Over 5bucks a gallon.

rockfla · 03-03-2022, 07:56 AM

I found on our trip from FL to So Cal. the fuel got cheaper as you got to the center of the U S, and started climbing in cost again as you moved from the center to the left coast. As posted above, fuel was most expensive in CA and the "westside" was always higher than the "eastside". Ironically, the highest price fuel I saw in So Cal was at a gas station across the street from a refinery......they literally could have run a line 100 feet and tapped directly into the "source".

1948F-1Pickup · 03-03-2022, 11:25 AM

Yeah. It's a "racket" out here in California. Always an excuse to add to the bottom line. And of course they never really get investigated, so there's no fraud or collusion of any sort..... ever.

A friend of fine used to be a retail distributor for Mobil in the 80's and mentioned a penny increase was millions. These kinds of increases we're looking at involve funds that can't be physically moved. Because they're so large they are electronically transferred..... probably that's why nothing is ever "found" when things are "looked into."

TJ · 03-05-2022, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 1948F-1Pickup

Yeah. It's a "racket" out here in California. Always an excuse to add to the bottom line. And of course they never really get investigated, so there's no fraud or collusion of any sort..... ever.

A friend of fine used to be a retail distributor for Mobil in the 80's and mentioned a penny increase was millions. These kinds of increases we're looking at involve funds that can't be physically moved. Because they're so large they are electronically transferred..... probably that's why nothing is ever "found" when things are "looked into."

Don't forget the excessive taxes we pay on fuel that is allegedly supposed to fix our crappy roads. That money has disappeared into a big black hole(ie train to nowhere).

51504bat · 03-05-2022, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 51504bat

Don't Evan think about diesel in California. Over 5bucks a gallon.

Over 6 bucks today 3-5 in Pismo Beach.

03-03-2022, 11:25 AM	#3
1948F-1Pickup Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Socal Posts: 845	Re: ship a car from Las Vaga to SC Yeah. It's a "racket" out here in California. Always an excuse to add to the bottom line. And of course they never really get investigated, so there's no fraud or collusion of any sort..... ever. A friend of fine used to be a retail distributor for Mobil in the 80's and mentioned a penny increase was millions. These kinds of increases we're looking at involve funds that can't be physically moved. Because they're so large they are electronically transferred..... probably that's why nothing is ever "found" when things are "looked into."

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03-03-2022, 07:56 AM	#2
rockfla Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Jacksonville FL Posts: 5,164	Re: ship a car from Las Vaga to SC I found on our trip from FL to So Cal. the fuel got cheaper as you got to the center of the U S, and started climbing in cost again as you moved from the center to the left coast. As posted above, fuel was most expensive in CA and the "westside" was always higher than the "eastside". Ironically, the highest price fuel I saw in So Cal was at a gas station across the street from a refinery......they literally could have run a line 100 feet and tapped directly into the "source".